> ...> I personally have had much success so far in the classroom using: around> (circumference), across (diameter), zoom (similar), long (hypotenuse), by> (adjacent), far (opposite), 6-nik (hexagon, etc.).

...Do your pupils or students complain when they discover that they do notunderstand the simplest discussions about mathematics because you have failed toteach them the language that everyone uses? With reference to your subjectline: maths *is* the common tongue but it won't be if you have any success inperverting it.